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Is that "Exodus" Tune by the Skatalites the same one featured as well on the "Dub Specialist- Bionic Dub"? Pretty damn sure that's a cover too, but i don't know the original...

i was hoping for a more dynamic partitipation though ..

ites deh
yes indeed dats dub specialist version-bionic dub studio one
the original is Exodus riddimfrom skatalites i don´t tink there are more version on dis riddim

the trojan soulful box as some god soul covers
but reggae has plenty of covers....
respect everytime
Carlos

Exodus theme was originally by Ernest Gold.

There are so many great covers,
Ken Boothe Everything I Own
Ken Boothe Moving Away (& D Brown)
Ken Boothe Ain't No Sunshine
Ken Boothe Thinking

One that's been playing here a lot recently:
Heptones : Suspicious Minds

ok

Willie Nelson does a great sitting here in limbo.

Toots and the Maytals "Country Roads Take Me Home".

I actually just bought a Trojan Seventies Box Set tonight. I was dissapointed to find that it was all covers of American and UK seventies music, but some of it is actually quite good.

'mellow dubmarine' covers beatles songs.

carol cools cover of diana ross's 'upside down' is a cool track, on the souljazz record 'hustle'.

i heard a reggae version of barry whites 'loves theme' but dont know who its by - can anyone here tell me?

i was at best buy today and in the value cds section there was one(for 5 bucks) called best of reggae, that was all covers, it had toots and the maytals,lehbanchuleh,yami bolo,gregory isaacs,sugar black and others i forgot on it.

if your looking for regggae covers it's a safe gamble.

Here are some I will always feel:

TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW - Alton Ellis (totally wicked version of the Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose hit)
UNEXPECTED PLACES - Hortense Ellis (PURE baaaaadness - a nifty reggae lick of Kim Carnes' tune - of which there are are also dread versions by Jose Feliciano and Barbra Streisand)
BABY I'VE BEEN MISSING YOU - Bunny Maloney (extremely popular version of The Independents' soul hit)
BREAK UP TO MAKE UP - Heptones (Leroy Sibbles doin' the do as only he can - a MASH-UP lick of the Stylistics' hit)
GHETTO CHILD - Freddie McGregor (a Studio One nugget - a wicked rinse of the Detroit Spinners' '73 smash)
I HOPE WE GET TO LOVE IN TIME - Dennis Brown (Errol T. on the case - a really nice version of the Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis - ex-5th Dimension - hit)
LET ME DOWN EASY - Derrick Harriot (HAVE MERCY! An incredible lick of the G.C. Cameron tune)
YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE - John Holt (this used to TEAR UP parties!!! Originally Lou Rawls of course)
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT - Claudette Miller (BOSS version of Betty Wright's 2-stepper)
A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME - Sugar Minott (WOY! A Studio One lick of the Brook Benton smash - SHHHHHHH!)
PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH - Mikey Spice (trust - this is even BETTER than Barry White's original)
MARRIAGE LICENSE - Dr. Alimantado (crackin' rockers version of The Chi-Lites number)
WE'RE ALL IN THIS THING TOGETHER - Delroy WILSON (used to go crazy for this Gussie 12" back in the day - originally by those Philly gents The O' Jays)
CAUGHT YOU IN A LIE - Louisa Mark (Robert Parker's 1966 stepper transmogrified into an original lovers rock classic from Lloydie Coxsone)
SWEET CHILD - Freddie McGregor (more Studio One magic from FM - this time covering a Johnny Mathis tune: wicked)
I MISS YOU - The Heptones (BAAAAD version of the Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes tune)
POOR SIDE OF TOWN - Dennis Brown (TOTALLY LOVE the Guv'nor's lick of the Johnny Rivers/Al Wilson smash)
I'M YOUR PUPPET - Jimmy London (another ALL-OUT ravers classic from 1975 - originally cut by James & Bobby Purify in 1966)
JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY - Marcia Griffiths (BOSS lick of The Main Ingredient classic)
LET'S MAKE A BABY - Ruddy Thomas (sweet version of the Billy Paul hit)
BREAKFAST IN BED - Lorna Bennett (striking version of the Baby Washington/Dusty Springfield tune - love Scotty'd DJ lick SKANK IN BED as well)

RISPEX!

snoopy
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